Announcement of the ICLA-AILC Annual Lecture

On 20 November 2025, 13:00–14:30 UTC, we are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Karina van Dalen-Oskam (Huygens Institute KNAW and University of Amsterdam), who will open our new series of ICLA Annual Lectures with a talk entitled Perceptions of Literariness Across Borders.

In this talk, Prof. van Dalen-Oskam will present insights from two groundbreaking projects: The Riddle of Literary Quality (2012–2020, Netherlands) and its successor Novel Perceptions: Towards an Inclusive Canon (2020–2022, United Kingdom). 

Prof. van Dalen-Oskam is head of the Computational Literary Studies research group at the Huygens Institute (KNAW) and holds a special chair in Computational Literary Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her research bridges quantitative and qualitative approaches to explore the stylistic features of contemporary novels.

We warmly invite all interested to join this lecture for a fascinating exploration of how readers, cultures, and languages shape the boundaries of literature. 

Details about registration and the connection link will be shared later.